Humanitarian Aid in the 20th and 21st Centuries History 1140 Freshman Writing Seminar Spring 2012 MWF 9:05-9:55 Instructor: Julie Jacoby McGraw Hall B34 jaj32@cornell.edu Office Hours: M 2-3‚ W 10-11 and by appointment Course Introduction What do a Nebraskan farmer‚ a Guatemalan Red Cross nurse‚ and Bill Gates have in common? They all increase the global community’s ability to respond to the tragic aftermath of disasters and wars. In this course‚ you will learn about the history of and theory
Premium Humanitarian aid United Nations Africa
a threat to ’international peace and security’ and expressly authorizes intervention. While the UN and its agencies expressed official concern about what went on in the Balkans‚" he affirms‚ "the Security Council did not authorize intervention in Kosovo
Free United Nations United States Human rights
Norway. During the last 15 years SIVA has also implemented the same concepts abroad in emerging economies and countries with market potential. Projects were carried out in Russia‚ Lithuania‚ Latvia‚ South Africa‚ Bosnia and Herzegovina‚ Croatia‚ Kosovo‚ and Romania. We cooperate closely with Innovation Norway Our framework SIVA IM has been supporting its tenants and incubated companies by: — Investing in physical infrastructure — Offering its competence and network — Professional real estate
Premium European Union Norway Real estate
COMPANY PROFILE JYSK Holding A/S REFERENCE CODE: C71E7ABC-212A-4CEE-A0C2-D9EE3EB87983 PUBLICATION DATE: 25 Jun 2014 www.marketline.com COPYRIGHT MARKETLINE. THIS CONTENT IS A LICENSED PRODUCT AND IS NOT TO BE PHOTOCOPIED OR DISTRIBUTED. JYSK Holding A/S TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Company Overview..............................................................................................3 Key Facts....................................................................................
Premium Denmark Norway Scandinavia
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta‚[1] born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (Albanian: [aˈɲɛs ˈɡɔɲdʒa bɔjaˈdʒiu]) and commonly known as Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997)‚ was an ethnic Albanian‚ Indian Roman Catholic nun. Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity‚ a Roman Catholic religious congregation‚ which in 2012 consisted of over 4‚500 sisters and is active in 133 countries. They run hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS‚ leprosy and tuberculosis; soup kitchens; children’s and
Premium Missionaries of Charity Pope John Paul II Christopher Hitchens
This paper will look at the different ways the media reflects and affects society by examining the various relationships that exists between the media‚ the state and the citizens. It will firstly define key terms‚ allowing for controversial words to have a specific and continuing definition throughout the paper. Three key ideas‚ centering around the relationships between the media and the state‚ will make up the major part of this paper; namely how the media affects the state‚ how the state affects
Free Mass media
THE ROLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN THE CHANGING WORLD Piotr Bystrek‚ IBP ¹ 12062 "WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED *to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war‚ which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind‚ and *to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights‚ in the dignity and worth of the human person‚ in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small‚ and *to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations
Premium United Nations
English Name French Name Local Name Region A 1. Afghanistan Afghanistan Afghanestan South-Central Asia 2. Albania Albanie Shqiperia Southern Europe 3. Algeria Algérie Al Jaza’ir Northern Africa 4. American Samoa Samoa Américaines American Samoa Polynesia‚ Oceania 5. Andorra Andorre Andorra Southern Europe 6. Angola Angola Angola Central Africa 7. Anguilla Anguilla Anguilla Leeward Islands‚ Caribbean 8. Antarctica Antarctique
Premium Asia Caribbean Islam
Individual Bias‚ Rhetorical Devices‚ and Argumentation COM/220 12/04/2011 Individual Bias‚ Rhetorical Devices‚ and Argumentation I saw several examples of bias‚ fallacies‚ and rhetorical devices employed in this speech. The Perils of Indifference was a speech that was both written and given by Eli Weisel‚ to former president Bill Clinton and his wife on April 12‚1999 in Washington‚ D.C In his speech‚ Elie Wiesel addresses Mr. and Mrs. Clinton and the members of Congress‚ in an attempt
Premium Bill Clinton Rhetoric Elie Wiesel
Leone rebel group. Rebel forces in Sierra Leone systematically murdered‚ mutilated‚ and raped civilians during their war. After that the Humans right association had joined in. Everyone that was in the war thought the international response to the Kosovo crisis in 1998-1999 has demonstrated how quickly and forcefully it can react to a human rights
Premium Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Civil War World War II